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Teddy Roosevelt: “There is no enemy of free government more dangerous and none so insidious as the corruption of the electorate.”

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There is no enemy of free government more dangerous and none so insidious as the corruption of the electorate.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that corruption of the electorate poses a significant threat to free government.

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